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TIL the caribbean island of Montserrat celebrates St Patrick's Day as a national holiday and festival in honor of a slave rebellion that occured on that date in 1768

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OGO9e TIL that during the American Revolutionary War,the Doan Outlaws, a gang of Quaker brothers from Pennsylvania,acted as British spies, stole over 200 horses to sell to the Redcoats, and in 1781 robbed the Bucks County treasury of £1,307, making it one of the largest public fund thefts in U.S. history.
JAxm TIL: That in it’s entire deployment history (c 1998), the Challenger 2 tank has suffered no combat losses. And that one tank is reported to have survived 70 RPGs.
4XJEN TIL the famous Old West gunslinger John Wesley Hardin studied law while in prison, and became an attorney in Gonzales, TX once he was released.
VBX6Z TIL NRBQ served as the unofficial house band for The Simpsons seasons 10-12. Head writer Mike Scully was a big fan of the band and featured their music multiple times. Also NRBQ played the original song Mayonnaise and Marmalade and performed in the end credits for the episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
dD4bQ TIL that until 2021, some broadcast TV stations in the US were available via FM radio